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[I love to tell in song and story]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Towner

My Saviour’s Love Is Higher than the Stars

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: I love to tell in song and story Refrain First Line: My Savior’s love is higher than the stars Lyrics: 1 I love to tell in song and story Of Jesus and His grace, I fain would shed His blessed sunshine In ev’ry heart and place. Refrain: My Saviour’s love is higher than the stars, ‘Tis deeper than the sea; O the wealth of all the world could never do What He has done for me. 2 I love to tell of how He found me, In sorrow, sin and night, Of how His tender touch of healing Restored my soul to light. [Refrain] 3 I love to tell that now His favor, Supplies my ev’ry need, For in the secret of His presence Are life and joy indeed. [Refrain] 4 And so my theme in song and story, Is Jesus, Saviour, Friend, I only long for all to own Him, To trust Him to the end. [Refrain] Topics: Divine Love; Testimony Used With Tune: [I love to tell in song and story]

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My Saviour’s Love Is Higher than the Stars

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Hymnal: Alexander's Hymns No. 4 #127 (1921) First Line: I love to tell in song and story Refrain First Line: My Savior’s love is higher than the stars Lyrics: 1 I love to tell in song and story Of Jesus and His grace, I fain would shed His blessed sunshine In ev’ry heart and place. Refrain: My Saviour’s love is higher than the stars, ‘Tis deeper than the sea; O the wealth of all the world could never do What He has done for me. 2 I love to tell of how He found me, In sorrow, sin and night, Of how His tender touch of healing Restored my soul to light. [Refrain] 3 I love to tell that now His favor, Supplies my ev’ry need, For in the secret of His presence Are life and joy indeed. [Refrain] 4 And so my theme in song and story, Is Jesus, Saviour, Friend, I only long for all to own Him, To trust Him to the end. [Refrain] Topics: Divine Love; Testimony Languages: English Tune Title: [I love to tell in song and story]

My Saviour's Love Is Higher than the Stars

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Hymnal: Songs of the Assembly #24 (1916) First Line: I love to tell in song and story Languages: English Tune Title: [I love to tell in song and story]

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Ina Duley Ogdon

1872 - 1964 Author of "My Saviour’s Love Is Higher than the Stars" in Alexander's Hymns No. 4 Ogdon, Ina Duley. (Rossville, Illinois, 1872--May 18, 1964, Toledo, Ohio). Disciples of Christ. Granddaughter of a Methodist minister, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Duley. Married James Ogdon. She wrote: "My father went with my mother to her church after his marriage to her, so I was brought up in the church of the Disciples of Christ." She wrote over three thousand hymns, anthems, cantatas, and miscellaneous verse. Her hymns include "Brighten the corner where you are," 1912; "Carry your cross with a smile," 1916; "My Lord abides;" "When you know Jesus too;" "Tell Jesus;" "Lighten the burden for someone;" "I have been saved," Her first hymn was "Open wide the window." Composer Charles Gabriel wrote, "Loved by thousands who have sung her hymns, she shrinks from celebrity in the knowledge that her songs are God-given and that without Him she could do nothing." See: Beattie, David J. (1931). The Romance of Sacred Song. London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, Ltd. The Presbyterian Survey November 1952. The Toledo Blade, 19 May 1964. --Ernest K. Emurian, DNAH Archives Photo from Joseph Gardner collection from website "Ina Duly Ogdon Home" by Melissa Archibald (http://www.freewebs.com/marchi/inaphotosarticles.htm)

D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Composer of "[I love to tell in song and story]" in Alexander's Hymns No. 4 Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives